IntroductionIf there ever was, is or ever will be a TV series that made extensive and
appropriate use of Vangelis' music as a score, then it must be "Cosmos". When
the Cosmos TV series, presented by American
astronomer Carl Sagan premiered in 1980,
it used part 3 of Vangelis' RCA debut album "Heaven
and Hell" as its title theme. And throughout the 13 hours of the series it
used many tracks from several seventies albums such as
Albedo 0.39 (how appropriate), Spiral,
Ignacio,
Beaubourg and China. The world-wide success of the
documentary series which was literally viewed by millions and millions
of people put Vangelis' music in the homes and to
the attention of a global audience...

What is less well-known about Cosmos and Vangelis is that in 1986 Carl Sagan
re-edited and updated the series into a shorter 'Special
Edition'. When asked, Vangelis agreed to compose a completely new score for
this version. Unfortanely much of this music remains unreleased until this day.

To read more about the TV-series Cosmos, Carl Sagan and the music Vangelis
made for 'Cosmos, a special edition', see